Session Introductory Notes During the class before March 1st, we will discuss what readings will be required of all students, and what will be presented by graduate students. March 1st & 4th ~ Introduction to Digital Archaeology Discussion Goals This first session will provide an overview of digital archaeology: its origins, challenges, and potential contributions to archaeological knowledge. Some of the questions we will cover include: what is digital archaeology? What are its origins? What are some of the tools of the trade, and why should archaeologists adopt them? How can you incorporate digital tools and practices into your thesis work? How do I gain some of the technological skills to be proficient in digital archaeology? What are some of the controversies involved in digital archaeology? Tasks Take HTML & CSS track in Codecademy by March 4th. Read through EXTERNAL links. Watch Dr. Michael Ashley’s (CoDA CEO) lecture entitled “Mukurtu CMS: Differential Access for Ethical Stewardship of Cultural and Digital Heritage” (under External Links). Note that you can fast forward through the introductory comments from the individual introducing Dr. Ashley. Reading McDavid, Carol (1998) Levi Jordan Plantation: Archaeology and “The Web”: Writing Multi-linear Texts in a Multi-centered Community. Paper presented at the 1998 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference. Paper accessed on December 30, 2015 at this link: http://www.webarchaeology.com/html/carolsha.htm Morgan, Colleen and Stuart Eve (2012) DIY and Digital Archaeology: What Are You Doing to Participate? World Archaeology 44(4):521-537. Joyce, Rosemary A. and Ruth Tringham (2007) Feminist Adventures in Hypertext. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 14(3):328-358. Richardson, Lorna-Jane (2014) Understanding Archaeological Authority in a Digital Context. Internet Archaeology 38. Web Link: http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue38/richardson_index.html External Links Dr. Michael Ashley’s Mukurtu CMS: Differential Access for the Ethical Stewardship of Cultural and Digital Heritage. http://codifi.org/project/ethical-stewardship-of-cultural-digital-heritage/ Digital Humanities Tools for Beginners: https://medium.com/dh-tools-for-beginners/latest The Programming Historian: http://programminghistorian.org/ Codecademy: https://www.codecademy.com/ March 8th & 10th ~ Visualizing Archaeological Data: Mapping, Digital Storytelling, and Public Outreach in the Digital Age Discussion Goals What are some of the creative ways we can harness digital technologies to share the historic and prehistoric past? What are the debates surrounding telling stories in archaeology, including digital storytelling? This unit will examine many of the tools available to archaeologists desiring to experiment with new modes of data sharing, data collaboration, and data visualization, with a focus on using open software (freeware). Readings Alcock, Susan E. and J. Andrew Dufton and Müge Durusu-Tamriöver (2015) Archaeology and the MOOC: Massive, Open, Online, and Opportunistic. Journal of Social Archaeology, 1-29. Brown, Deidre and George Nicholas (2012) Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property in the Age of Digital Democracy: Institutional and Communal Responses to Canadian First Nations and Māori Heritage Concerns. Journal of Material Culture 17(3):307-324. Clarke, Catherine (2004) The Politics of Storytelling: Electronic Media in Archaeological Interpretation and Education. World Archaeology 36(2):275-286. Gibb, James G. (2000) Imaginary, But by No Means Unimaginable: Storytelling, Science, and Historical Archaeology. Historical Archaeology 34(2):1-6. Holtorf, Cornelius (2010) Meta-stories of Archaeology. World Archaeology 42(3):381-393. Tasks Visit and examine ALL external links before March 8th class. External Links Buried (Twine): http://www.taracopplestone.co.uk/buried.html Princeton’s Infographics: http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/ Geography, Class, and Fate: Passengers on the Titantic (ESRI StoryMap): http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/titanic/ History of Capital Construction Projects at UI (ESRI StoryMap): http://uidaho.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=36a612edb2274d3fb10b79b bfb49d06e# Spokane Historical (CurateScape): http://spokanehistorical.org/ The Early Anglo-Saxon Mapping Project (MapBox): http://ieldran.matrix.msu.edu/#7/52.945/0.038 Mortuary Mapping: http://mortuarymapping.matrix.msu.edu/index.html Mapping the X-Files: http://www.geography.wisc.edu/courses/geog572/f12/roberts/index.html Beneath Floes (Twine Story): http://www.bravemule.com/storage/beneath- floes/beneathfloes.html Wide Variety of ESRI Maps: http://www.esri.com/products/maps-we- love#relatedmaps_section March 29th and 31st ~ The Archaeology of Virtual Worlds, Archaeology in Virtual Worlds, and Augmented Reality Discussion Goals We will explore how archaeologists have used virtual worlds, augmented reality, and “serious” game environments (also known as “edutainment”) to communicate, “repatriate,” and interpret archaeological data. Tasks Examine and watch ALL external links before March 29th class. Reading Champion, Erik (2004) Indiana & the Joystick of Doom: Understanding the Past via Computer Games. Geomatics 5:49-65. Dawson, Peter, Richard Levy, and Natasha Lyons (2011) ‘Breaking the Fourth Wall:’ 3D Virtual Worlds as Tools for Knowledge Repatriation in Archaeology. Journal of Social Archaeology 1(3):387-402. Favro, Diane (2006) In the Eyes of the Beholder: Virtual Reality Re-Creations and Academia. Journal of Roman Archaeology 61:322-334. González-Tennant, Edward (2013) New Heritage and Dark Tourism: A Mixed Methods Approach to Social Justice in Rosewood, Florida. Heritage & Society 6(1):62-88. Harrison, Rodney (2009) Excavating Second Life: Cyber-Archaeologies, Heritage and Virtual Communities. Journal of Material Culture 14(1):75-106. Morgan, Colleen (2009) (Re)Building Catalhöyük: Changing Virtual Reality in Archaeology. Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress (5)3:468-487. Wickstead, Helen (2009) The Uber Archaeologist: Art, GIS, and the Male Gaze Revisited. Journal of Social Archaeology 9(2):249-271. External Links Japanese American Confinement Sites (CyArk): http://archive.cyark.org/wwii-japanese- american-confinement-sites-theme QR Codes (An Introduction): http://tammyworcester.com/qr-codes-basics/ Virtual Rosewood Project: http://www.rosewood-heritage.net/ Learn How Archaeology and EdTech Go Together Using Dig It! Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc51DEfWYKI Spain-Empuries: Augmented Reality App at Archaeological Site (2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKTdXKbN07s